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Interesting Facts...
Although each DC-10 brake weighs roughly 400lbs, it can be changed in less time than it would take to replace the brake pads on your car.
The DC-10-30 can hold its own weight in fuel.
A DC-10 main tire is inflated to approx. 200PSI. This pressure can exceed 250psi from heating after landing and braking.
Even after six hours on the ground, the engines and brakes will still be very warm to the touch.
Fully loaded, a DC-10 can still take off with one engine out.
The aircraft can fly pressurized at maximun altitude with two of its three air conditioning packs inoperative.
The cabin can be pressurized to nearly 9psi differential.
At cruise, the altitude in the cabin is the equivalent to standing on a mountain at 5,000 feet above sea level.
The bleed air used to pressurize and cool the cabin is more than 1000*F when bled from the engines.
Each GE CF6-50C2 engine on the DC-10-30 is rated at 52,500lbs thrust - or 34,650 horsepower and weighs approx. 10,000 lbs.
Other oddities...
How do you get a spare engine to a far away destination?
Simply put a fourth engine on your DC-10 and haul it!
